The Message — who wrote it?

ISWC T0713516836 Recorded by Dr. Dre and others✓ No disputed shares

The Message was written by Crystal Johnson, Ryan D Montgomery, Robert Hall, Wilbur Gerrell Gaddis. US mechanical royalties are collected by It's Only About Music (50%), Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. (25%), Cryssy J Music (12.5%).

Dr. Dre

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

4 collecting groups

Linked recordings

364

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

It's Only About Music 50%It's Only About Music · 50%

Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. 25%Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. · 25%

Cryssy J Music 12.5%Cryssy J Music · 12.5%

WC Music Corp. 12.5%WC Music Corp. · 12.5%

It's Only About Music 50% Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. 25% Cryssy J Music 12.5% WC Music Corp. 12.5%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Robert Hall	00129875925		Composer	50%
Technician Tunes	00129864050	It's Only About Music		50%
▸Ryan D Montgomery	00352536860		Composer	25%
Artegia Music	00642005197	Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.	Admin	12.5%
Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.	00185314175	Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.		12.5%
▸Crystal Johnson	00238380266		Composer	12.5%
Cryssy J Music	00237378154	Cryssy J Music		12.5%
▸Wilbur Gerrell Gaddis	00340054507		Composer	12.5%
A and L Music	00515942940	WC Music Corp.	Admin	6.25%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.		6.25%

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